What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environment, Health and Safety Manager position at POSCO AAPC?
JOB SUMMARY
The Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager is responsible for overseeing safety for POSCO AAPC McCalla, AL and Jeffersonville, IN location. The EHS Manager will focus on plant EHS initiatives, rollout safety policies, and think outside the box to help take the EHS program to the next level.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals that have a disability to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions Statement(s)
- Supports and promotes safe practices in alignment with company commitments, policies, and compliance requirements.
- Acts as an OSHA and EPA regulatory compliance resource.
- Leads or participates in incident investigations (injury, property damage, near-miss, environmental deviations, etc.) and root cause analysis and works with the plant operations team to determine appropriate corrective/preventative action.
- Perform risk and hazard assessments/inspections to determine employee risk/exposure and suggest/drive actions to mitigate/reduce them.
- Establish and drive continuous improvement in the facility's safety monitoring and recordkeeping systems to ensure compliance with all A&R/Plant (Customer) policies and federal regulatory requirements.
- Assist the In-Plant operations team and A&R's Corporate EHS in evaluating and determining appropriate proactive safety strategies for projects that may impact the facility or employees.
- Develop action plans for safety activities, coordinate the in-plant Safety Committee team, perform follow-up on these activities, and report status to the In-Plant Operations Manager.
- Facilitate safety, health, and environmental training for all A&R In-Plant personnel.
- Compile and track all documentation for compliance with all safety and environmental policies and required activities (Work Notifications, Inspection Records, Audits, OSHA 300, etc.).
- Assist in driving continuous improvement in the facility's environmental monitoring and recordkeeping data management systems to ensure compliance with all A&R's policies and federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.
- Ensure the proper onsite management and offsite disposal of solid, universal, and hazardous wastes and lead a plant-wide effort to eliminate these by correcting the eliminating root causes and reducing wastes, reusing, and recycling various materials. If applicable.
- Ensure compliance with all safety and environmental policies, procedures, and programs.
- Ensure all safety, health, and environmental metrics and reports are completed and communicated on time.
- Serve as training coordinator for all EHS-related training through Safety Skills and other computer-based training (CBT).
- Monitoring of safe use of general equipment (forklifts, cranes).
- Acted as the key management of ISO 9001 quality management system and ISO 14001 environmental management system
- Strong partnership with the Plant's operation leadership (customer).
*The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Competency Statements(s)
- Analytical Skills – Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
- Ethical – Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
- Detail Oriented – Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
- Accuracy – Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
- Accountability – Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Education: Bachelor's degree in Safety &Health and Environmental or equivalent degree (Preferred).
Experience: Five or more years of experience in an EHS role in an industrial setting. Comfortable working in a plant environment.
Computer Skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Ability to use various software applications to analyze, monitor data, create reports and presentations.
Other Skills: Prior Safety Specific Training (i.e., OSHA 30 Hour, Occupational Safety Mgmt., etc.), Behavioral Based Safety Programs, Public speaking or training experience, Excellent communication, training, and organizational skills, Ability to Influence Internal Customers, Demonstrated Root-Cause analysis skills (ex. 5-Whys), Leadership skills to direct personnel, implement initiatives, performing follow-up activities, And Analytical ability to assess complex situations and apply problem-solving strategies.
Certifications & Licenses: Forklift and Overhead Crane